The Conservative Zone

Just when you thought Patrick Fitzgerald was an apolitical prosecutor, a "prosecutors prosecutor," this gets sprung on you: Patrick Fitzgerald Planned 2004 October Surprise.

Here it is in his words:

Announcing the Libby indictment on Friday, Fitzgerald made it clear that he wanted to spring his Leakgate October Surprise a year earlier - at the eleventh hour of the 2004 presidential campaign:

"I would have wished nothing better that, when the subpoenas were issued in August 2004, [that] witnesses testified then, and we would have been here in October 2004 instead of October 2005," he told reporters.

So now it seems that the indictments are nothing but spite, "I can't get you for the crime, but I'll get you for not having your story straight" kind of thing.

I said so earlier, if there is no underlying crime, then you shouldn't be able to indict people under this "lying to investigators" law. People are supposed to be safe and secure in their privacy, and any efforts they take, within reasonable laws, should respect that privacy.

Fitzgerald has become nothing more than a party hack, the same as that prosecutor in Texas going after DeLay. They are going after Republicans however they can, by any means necessary, legal or extralegal.

That just shows you what kind of people they are.